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In this activity, learners investigate the properties of different types of balls.

This hands-on experiment will provide learners with an understanding of the issues that surround environmental cleanup.

Learners play the role of materials engineers as they test the flexibility of different materials.

Learners construct and launch paper helicopters.

Learners investigate stress and strain by designing, building, and testing beams made from polymer clay.

Through discussion and hands-on experimentation, learners examine the geological (ancient) carbon cycle.

In this activity, learners explore how boats are engineered to achieve speed.

Learners design their own experiment to explore the permeability of different materials such as soil, sand, gravel, and marbles.

Learners design their own experiment to determine conditions that either help or hinder the decomposition of carrots by soil microbes.

Learners use a spring scale to drag an object such as a ceramic coffee cup along a table top or the floor.

Learners initially test to see how many drops of liquid (water, rubbing alcohol, and vegetable oil) can fit on a penny.

This lesson focuses on how nanotechnology has impacted the design and engineering of many everyday items from paint to fabrics.

In this activity, learners explore how the hull shape impacts a ship's performance and stability.

In this activity, learners explore how anemometers work to record wind speeds and how the equipment has undergone engineering adaptations over time.

In this two part activity, learners work in pairs or individually to discover how vectoring the thrust from a jet engine affects movement of an airplane.

Using simple, inexpensive items, learners build and test submarine models.

Learners construct one or more of the following kinds of sundials: a shadow plot, a horizontal sundial, and a diptych sundial.

In this engineering activity, learners examine bicycle mechanics and gear ratios. Learners determine which gears will help them bike a set course in the shortest amount of time.

In this activity, learners design a bungee jump for an egg using nylon stockings.

In this activity, learners explore how parachutes are used to slow down moving objects. Learners work in teams of "engineers" to design and build their own parachutes out of everyday items.